Inspection and cleaning table for textiles



Nov. 14, 1950 D. o. WYLIE 30,

INSPECTION AND CLEANING TABLE FOR TEXTILES Filed se tj 2, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.3. 6

5 5 INVENTOR 11-OIJiS Wylie.

BY Miami-77b. [5%

ATTORNEY Nov. 14, 1950 D. o. WYLIE 2,530,038

INSPECTION AND CLEANING TABLE FOR TEXTILES Filed'Sept. 2, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 R INVENTOR" D. Olis Wylie ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 14, 1950 OFFICE INSPECTION AND CLEANINGTABLE FOR TEXTILES I n. Otis Wylie, Charlotte, N. o. Application September 2, 1948, Serial No. 47,507

a 1 Thepresent invention relates to apparatus for treating textiles duringtheusual examining and measuring of large quantities of the same as .the textiles are moved overan inspectiontable.

In manufacturing textiles made of materials, such as cotton, rayon, wool, syntheticplastic textiles and the like, it frequently happens that these "textiles become coated or impregnated with grease, dirt and other foreign matter during manufacture. come streaked and spotted, which makes them commercially useless, unless the spots and streaks are completely removed from the textiles.

. I-I eretofore, textile mills have had no rapid proc- "ess .or' apparatus, whereby soiled fabrics can be "treated and cleaned properly during the inspection operation'to make them commercially fit. Acordingly it is an object of the present in- 'vention to. provide a novel and useful means for rapidly treating and cleaning large sections of textiles while the same are'being inspected in the textile mill.

A further object is to provide in combination with any textile inspecting table, a novel cleaning arrangement for removing foreign matter from the textiles "as they are moved along over the surface of an inspection table.

A further object is to provide interchangeable spotting frames demountably secured in any standard inspection table, said frames having :perforated sections or screened areas of different sized mesh for use with various types of textiles to be treated or cleaned.

A further object is to provide special struc tural features in connection with the cleaning frame, whereby the frame may be securely and readily mounted and demounted in a standard inspection table in a'position to cooperate with a trap or collector pan adapted to collect the foreign matter and cleaning fluid removed from the textiles being treated.

Still a'fu'rther object isto provide a novel system forconditioning and cleaning-machine soiled textiles during inspection with a combined chemical and steam treatment.

The above and further objects and advantages of the present invention including the system of treatment will more fully appear from the following detailed description thereof, in which one form of apparatus for practicing the same is described and illustrated in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of a form of apparatus adapted to be mounted in a textile inspection table, said view being partly in cross section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the apparatus centrally broken away.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the apparatus of Figures 1 and 2 partly in cross section.

When this occurs the textiles be- 'Figure4 is a top view of an inspecting table top with the apparatus of Figures 1, 2 and'Bininstalled.

Figure 5 is an elevation view of an air hose, steam hose or'the like and gun usedfin connection with the present system. Y

The present invention broadly consists in utilizing a modified textile mill inspecting table not only to measure and examine bolts of textiles," but to concurrently with theinspection of the textiles treat or clean'the textiles for thepurpose of removing grease, dirt and other foreign'matter therefrom collected in the material during manufacture.

The actual treating or cleaning 'consists in'feeding textiles over an inspection table; formedwith a perforate section having'a collector pan below the section, comprising the following-steps:

Inspecting the textile and impregnating any soiled portions thereof with cleaning fluid, while feeding the textile forward over a perforated 'area flush with the top of the table, and then while said textile'is over the perforated area of the said inspection table blowing off the cleaning fluid and any foreign material in the textile into a collector pan mounted under the-said area with-a blast of air or steam.

Typical tables of the prior art for examining and measuring cloth are shown in the patents issued to Brenner Nos. 1,446,495; 1,446,496 on February 27, 1923. As this invention relates only to the inspection table top and a novel cleaning station to be "mounted in this type of table, the

' drawings only show the structural features, which are new over the prior art and leave out thedetails of the feedroller drives of the'above patents.

Referring in detail to the drawings and first with reference to Figure 4, there is illustrated'a table top E of a machine for-examining textiles,

such as woolens, cottons, silks, synthetic plastic fibers or the like. This table top E is different fromthe usual type because it includes acl'eaning or treating station A combined as a cooperative part thereof. The cleaning station comprises a framework A, see Figures 1, 2 and 3 adapted to be mounted in an opening formed in the table E and a corrosion resistant fabric or screen 6 is clamped by the frame A' hereinafter described.

The framework A is formed of two parts 3 and 4. These parts serve to clamp the screen 6 and when clamped together have a thickness less than the thickness of the table, so that a collector pan or trap l of non-corrosive metal or the like may be secured to the lower sides of the opening in the table directly below the framework A and in line therewith.

The collector pan I is formed with tapered fastener openings 2 for receiving screws or the like to secure it in the table opening. The purpose of the collector pan is to collect and hold any foreign matter extracted from the soiled textiles. Also toincrease the efiiciency of the collector pan a layer of absorbent cotton or the like, not shown, may be placed in the pan I.

After the pan I has been secured within the table opening to the lower sides thereof, the framework A is then placed in position in the opening, so that the lower section 3 rests on the rim of the pan l below the top of the table and the upper section 4 rests on the upper surface of the table top. When in this position the screen 6 spans the collector pan opening and is ready for useas a cooperative part of the inspection ma- ,chine'rY.

' The frame work'A' is specially formed to provide a clamp for the screen 6. For example, the

lower section 3 is formed with a groove 1, which iritelfits with a depending tongue 8, see Figure 1, on the underside of the upper frame section 4. The upper section 4 is wider than the lower section 3 to form a flange 9 around the frame A.

This flange 9 serves as a stop or rest for connection with the table top around the Opening therein.

Inside of the flange 9 and offset from the tongue '8 are tapered countersunk fastener openings for receiving fasteners, such as tapered headed bolts 5. Thus the heads of the bolts 5 are countersunk in the surface of the upper section 4 and thread into openings formed in the lower section 3, to thereby securely clamp the screen 6 in the frame A.

' With the novel clamping arrangement defined, by the framework structure, it follows that screen of any size mesh can be inserted in the frame A fluid. Then the cleaning fluid or solvent in the textile is blasted with steam or air from the spray gun B while the textil feed is stopped and carried off with any foreign matter into the trap or collector pan. The cleaned textile material con- ,tinues to move upward over the table top and oil of the end at F and if desired the feed may be reversed, as is well known, and the textile reinspected and cleaned a second time, if necessary.

While the present system of treatment has been described in detail for one series of steps only and the one embodiment of an apparatus for practicing the same has been specifically described and illustrated, various changes and modifications, which will now appear to those skilled in the art, may be made without departing from the scope of the invention. To determine the scope of the present invention, reference should be had to the appended claims,

What is claimed is:

1. An inspection table for textile mills, said table having a top formed with an opening a framework having an opening and including a part supported by the top above the opening and a second part fitting into the opening and a screen mounted over the opening.

2. A top for a textile mill inspection table comprising a plane part having an opening adjacent one end, a perforate section partly rising above the plane part and fitting in the opening; and a collector pan secured to the top mounted below said perforate section.

3. A textile mill inspection and cleaning table comprising a top having an'opening adjacent one end, a frame including a first part supported by the top above the opening and a second part fitting the opening, a screen mounted in the frame between the parts thereof and a collector below the screen and secured to'the lower sides of the opening adapted to collect material passing through the screen. Q S w 4. A textile mill inspection and cleaning table comprising a top having an opening adjacent one end, a frame, a screen mounted in theframeand a collector below the screen adapted to collect material passing through the screen, said frame being formed in two superimposed sections adapted to detachably clamp the said screen therebetween, one of said sections having a depending tongue and the other a groove adapted to receive the said tongue, to thereby increase the clamping action of said sections, one of said sections being supported by the top above the openingand the other section fitting into the opening.

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